Chapter Twenty-FourEmily shifted on the hard floor, and pain radiated up her leg. She pressed her lips together, holding her breath. How could she continue with a bum limb? Gerard must be disgusted with her. She’d repeatedly messed up their mission, and now she was impacting their ability to get home because of her injury.
The train slowed, its wheels squealing against the tracks. No time to dwell on her situation. Their moment to disembark had arrived. She took a deep breath and climbed to her feet, swallowing a groan as her knee protested at the movement.
Gerard wrapped his arm around her shoulder. “Let me go first, then I’ll catch you.”
She nodded. Landing was the least of her worries. Rather, the miles-long hike to their next stop crowded her thoughts.
Chugging at a crawl, the stea
